ꦏꦸꦭ

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦏꦸꦭ
Pegon
Roman	kula (Standard), kulo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese kula (“family, descent, origin”), from Sanskrit कुल (kula, “family; clan; lineage; herd; flock”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard, Surakarta, Yogyakarta) IPA^(key): /ku.lɔ/
• (Standard, Surakarta, Yogyakarta) Rhymes: -lɔ
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

ꦏꦸꦭ (kula)

1. noble lineage

Pronoun

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦥ꧀ (krama andhap): ꦲꦢꦊꦩ꧀ (adalem)
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): ꦏꦸꦭ (kula)
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): ꦲꦏꦸ (aku)

ꦏꦸꦭ (kula) (personal pronoun)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦸꦭꦮꦂꦒ (kulawarga)

 

Related terms

• ꦏꦮꦸꦭ (kawula)

Descendants

• → Malay: kula
• → Musi: kulo

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “kula”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN